Apparatus for freezing desserts



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Application August 13, 1946, Serial No. 690,145

8 Claims.

This invention relates to apparatus for freezing desserts or otheredible mixtures, such as ice cream. The apparatus is particularly welladapted, but not necessarily limited to home use, and is an improvementon the apparatus disclosed in my copending application for patent filedJuly 9, 1945, Serial No. 603,965.

In the copending application is disclosed apparatus electrically andthermostatically operated, adapted for use in the freezing compartmentsof mechanical refrigerators, having many desirable characteristics,among which may be mentioned control, not requiring the attendance of aperson to break the electric circuit used in operating the agitator whenthe mix has reached the desired temperature; abilityto mechanicallyexpress the frozen mix from the freezer container by use of an electricmotor, also used to operate the agitator, in contradistinction toscooping or otherwise manually removing it; and, the inclusion of anagitator capable of so circulating the mix in liquid form, and after itbecomes a semisolid, as to require less time to provide a frozen edible,and of more desirable texture, than where agitators of the conventionalor slightly modified forms thereof are used.

While very satisfactory results were obtained by use of the apparatusdisclosed in my said copending application, especially when the mixcontained considerable cream, it was found that considerable time wasrequired to attain the desired frozen consistency, altho this wasaccomplished in less time than using other equipment then available onthe market. Also the mix, rich in cream, when frozen, had a tendency torevolve in the container, with the agitator, instead of beinguniformally expressed therefrom when the end cap at the exit end of thecontainer was removed. As to edibles made from ingredients lower in costthan cream, it was found that a longer period of operation wasnecessary, and there was a tendency toward crystallization, altho not asmuch as when desserts are made in ice trays with little or no agitation,or where the conventional dasher or agitator is used.

The present invention has for one of its principal objects the provisionof an ice cream freezer which will be quick and efiicient in operation,to produce frozen desserts of the character using inexpensiveengredients, as well as those containing cream. This is in partaccomplished by rapid heat transfer from the container and mix .to theevaporator or other heat transfer medium,

and by control of the path taken by the mix when circulated by theimproved agitator.

Another object of the invention is to guard against sluggish exit of thefrozen mix from the container when expressed by use of the electricmotor used initially to operate the agitator, regardless of the creamynature of the frozen mix. This is primarily accomplished by keying, soto speak, the outer zone of the frozen mix against circumferentialmovement in the bore of the container while the agitator operates toexpress the frozen mix from the open end of the container.

A further object is to provide an auxiliary feed device or scraper whichmay be brought into use if desired to clear the agitator and containerof a very hard frozen mix, or one rich in cream, as it is expressed fromthe container, so as to leave no material portion of the batch in thecontainer or on the agitator when preparing to serve, and which feeddevice or scraper may also be used to clear the agitator of the frozenmix if it is desired to store the latter in the main body portion of thecontainer, without leaving the agitator in place. This makes possiblethe use of the main body portion of the container as a storage vesselWhile the agitator and a motor carried end cap, such as is shown in mycopending application may be used with another container body and exitend cap for the freezing of another batch.

Another object of the invention is to provide an agitator whereby thedesired build-up of the mix may be accomplished by a simple adjustmentof an element thereof.

By the use of the term build-up, reference is had to the building up orgrowth of the mix from liquid form, to one of semisolid form and ofgreater bulk. The present invention makes possible adjustments wherebythis build-up may be either to a product of somewhat heavy semisolidform (with some growth in bulk over the bulk of the mix in liquid form)or ranging to a product of light or fiuify semisolid form (with greatlyincreased growth in bulk over the bulk of the mix in liquid form). Thisis accomplished by providing either a somewhat free path for circulationof the mix, as the agitator operates, resulting in a somewhat heavysemisolid, of the character described, or by restricting the mix at aportion of its path of circulation so that its velocity is increasedwhen issuing from such restriction, and at which time air is entrainedin the mix, resulting a lighter semisolid of greatly increased bulk.This restriction may be varied to provide an edible product having thedesired build-up or texture.

Another object of the invention is to simplify the construction of thefreezer, avoiding the provision of one of the bearings shown in mycopending application and thereby increasing the capacity of thecontainer, leaving no appreciable zone in which the mix will not becirculated, for inactive mix during freezing has a tendency tocrystallize.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing detailed description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification and in whichdrawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the ice cream freezer.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View of the freezer partly in elevation andpartly in longitudinal section, the View showing one of the end caps ofthe freezer container having been removed and the charge or slug offrozen mix being expressed from the container.

3 is a View in end elevation of the freezer looking toward the egressend of the container with its cap removed, exposing the end of the atorto view; the dot and dash lines illustrating a portion of an evaporatorof a mechanical refrigerator.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an auxiliary feed may be used as a partof the freezer, in a central tube is cast or formed integral with ahelical blade.

g. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of agitator in which acentral tube is removable a helical blade and coupling member thereof,the view showing the tube partially removed.

Fl 7 is an enlarged, fragmentary view, in

pective, of the end portion of the tube portion forming a part of theagitator shown in Fig. 5, certain characteristics of which are alsoapplicable to the tube shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a chart showing a graphic analysis of time-temperatureoperation of a freezer constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a view partly in elevation and, partly in section, and showingan electrical wiring diafor control of periods of operation of theagitator of the freezer whereby the time-telnperature operation shown inFig. 8 may be accomplished.

Fig. 10 is a View partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinalsection of the freezer showing a liquid mix therein and indicating byarrows the path of travel of the mix resulting from rotation of theagitator.

Fig. ll is a detail view of a portion of an electric switch in elevationand mechanism in elevation and section, associated therewith, forautomatically (thermostatically) and manually operating the switch, thefull line showing being of parts when the agitator motor circuit hasbeen completed automatically and the dot and dash line representationshowing an off position of an element of the switch.

Fig. 12 is a View similar to Fig. 11 but showing the relative positionof parts when the agitator motor switch has broken the electric circuitdue to the latent heat having been removed from the mix.

Fig. 13 is an enlarged detail view in section on the line l3-l3 of Fig.5, showing the preferred cross section of the helical blade and itsjuncture with the tube of the agitator.

Generally speaking, the freezer comprises a container I l including anelongated body portion l5, a head cap l6 carrying an electric motor I!and a housing 18 for speed reducing gearing (not shown in the drawing),which may be like that disclosed in my aforesaid copending applicationSerial No. 603,965 for rotating a drive shaft 19 and a polygonalcoupling element 20, and a rear cap 2|; an agitator 22 in the containerincluding a companion coupling element 23 for detachable engagement withthe coupling element 26 an auxiliary feeding device or scraper 24 forcooperation with the container l4 and agitator 22; and a thermostaticand manual control 25 for the electric circuit of motor ll, which may bemainly accommodated in the housing [8. A modified form agitator 26 isshown in Fig. 6.

The container l4 may be made of any suitable heat conducting materialand the body I 5 is provided with a bore 2'! preferably extending fromend to end thereof. The ends of body [5 may be provided with reducedcylindrical and portions 29 and 30, equipped with interrupted threads 3iand 32 for cooperation with similar threads 33 and 34 on the caps I6 and2!, respectively. By this arrangement either cap may be placed on orremoved from the body l5 by only a partial turn imparted to the cap.

The container body portion It may be made polygonal, and is preferablyoctagonal in cross section as shown by Figs. 1 and 3, so as to providefiat faces any one of which may rest upon a flat surface in a manner toprevent the container from rolling therefrom. It is preferred to haveeach alternate face 36 wider than intermediate narrower faces 31 so thatany two adjacent faces 36 may engage, with intimate contact a bottom 38and a wall 39 of an evaporator chamber 40 of a mechanical refrigeratoras indicated by dot and dash lines in Fig. 3, for rapid heat exchangebetween the freezer and heat exchange medium. The narrower face 3ibetween the wider faces 36 in contact with the evaporator, enables theuser to clear the usual curved portion ii of the evaporator, joining thebottom and wall of the evaporator.

The form of agitator shown in Figs. 2, 3, 5, 7 and 9 comprises a centraltube 43 formed integral with a helical blade 44. The one end of the tubeis provided with the companion coupling element 23 for coupling element20. It is preferred to make the helical blade 44 tapered in crosssection, shown more in detail in Fig. 13, widest at its root 15 and withits free edge 46 in close proximity to or for engagement with a portionof the bore 2'! of the container 14 as hereinafter described. The tube43 is of a length substantially equal to the distance between the caps16 and 2! and adjacent the cap 2| is provided with an inlet port 41 andadjacent the cap [6 with an outlet port 48. As shown more in detail inFig. 7, the tube 43 is preferably providedwith means 50 for varying thesize of outlet por-t $8. This may be a valve plate 5| arcuate in crosssection, slidable in an arcuate slot 52 open to port 48 and to the end53 of the tube. This plate may have an arcuate recess 54 at its innerend, and a perforation 55 adjacent thereto, the perforation "to receiveany suitable tool (not shown in'the drawing) to facilitate adjustment ofthe valve plate.

The bore 27 of the container is provided with a plurality of preferablywidely spaced, parallel, shallow furrows 56 extending longitudinally ofthe bore 27, leaving lands '51. therebetween. The furrows and lands havevarious purposes among which may be mentioned the function of the wallsof the furrows to prevent or resist circumferential movement of thesemisolid mix (especially when such is somewhat unctuous, i. e.,containing considerable cream), while being expressed from the containerby use of the revolving agitator, portions of the frozen mix, actinglike keys in the furrows as shown in Fig. 2; the function of the wallsof the furrows to guide and prevent rotation of the auxiliary feedingdevice 24 as it moves toward the exit end of the container; and, thefunction of the wide land to provide a smooth surface for engagementwith the agitator when not held therefrom by the auxiliary feedingdevice, and to present considerabl metallic surface for heat exchange atthe zone adjacent the outer edge of the helical blade of the agitator22.

While there may be materials other than metal from which the main bodyportion of the container may be made, andit has been found that somemolded plastics are not good heat exchanging materials, so are notrecommended, it is believed the best results are obtained if thecontainer body is cast from metal, the bore machined free of pits andimperfections, and the furrows also machined so as to provide the landsconcave transversally of the container. In this way the helical blade ofthe agitator may engage the lands at the lowermost portion of thecontainer and also sweep in close proximity to the concave othe landsabove those which are lowermost. This is in contradistinction to themere molding of ribs at the inner circumference or bore of the containerbody. The provision of a container comprising an elongated body portionand removable end caps facilitates this machining of the lands andfurrows, since they may extend from end to end of the bore of the bodyportion as shown in Fig. 2.

By way of example, the auxiliary feeding device or scraper 24 maycomprise a disk-like body portion 60 of a diameter substantially equalto the diameter of bore 21 and an annular flange 6| extending from oneface thereof, the flange being provided with radial projections or lugs62 for engagement in selected furrows 5B of the body I5, so as toprevent circumferential movement of the device in the container l4 althopermitting it to slide longitudinally therein. The disk-like bodyportion 60 is provided with a keyhole slot 63, the circular portion 64to engage about the tube 43 and the lateral portion 65 to receive thehelical blade 44 with intimate contact therewith. The device or scraper24 may be brought into use to assist in forcing the frozen dessert fromthe body l5, as shown in Fig. 2, by first removing the front cap It andplacing the device or scraper in the body It in operative relation tothe tube 43, blade 44 and furrows 56. The cap l6 may then be replacedand the motor i! used in a manner similar to the arrangement shown in mycopending application Serial No. 603,965 to rotate the agitator 22 andhence carry the device or scraper 2% to the exit end of the body l5,after the rear cap 2! has been removed.

The auxiliary feeding device or scraper 24 shown in Figs. 2 and 4 mayalso be used, if desired, to assist in removing the agitator 22 from thefrozen mix as soon as agitation ceases or at any time thereafter whilethe mix is in a custard or semisolid condition. This may be accomplishedby leaving the rear end cap 2| in place and removing the front cap I 6from the container body l5, followed by dropping the feeding device intooperative relation to the agitator and container body, assuming thecontainer is standing on end with the rear cap lowermost, and finallyrotating the agitator by hand. This causes the feeding device to bedrawn down into the container body and as soon as it is drawn securelyagainst mix in custard or frozen form, the agitator climbs, so to speak,out of the frozen mix by exerting a thrust on the feeding device. As aresult, the agitator is scraped free of the frozen mix. If desired asuitable cap (not shown in the drawing) similar to the rear end cap maythen be placed on the end of the container body at its top end and thecontainer with its contents, placed in the refrigerator for later use,after its temperature has been further lowered. The drive or head capand agitator may be used with another container body and rear end capfor the purpose of freezing another mix.

It will be noted from Fig. 10, that the helical blade 44 also extendssubstantially from cap Hi to cap 2! so there is no material portion ofthe container inwardly of the caps and body por- .tion l5 Where thefrozen mix remains inert as the agitator rotates. The mix is circulatedby the blade to the end of container closed by cap 2! and if thecontainer is placed horizontal in the evaporator it causes the mix tomove initially along the bottom of body portion l5. It then finds itsway thru inlet port 41 to the interior of tube 43 where its velocity isincreased, and finally, in a cycle of circulation, finds exit thru theoutlet port 48 where it issues with considerable force, aerating themix. By regulating the size of the outlet port, the degree of aerationmay be controlled. This arrangement enables me to makeexcellent'desserts from comparatively inexpensive ingredients, as wellas from such containing considerable cream. The smaller the effectiveoutlet port opening, the greater is the build-up of the mix; the largerthe effective outlet opening of the port the smaller the build-up.

The modified form of agitator 26 shown in Fig. 6 comprises a centraltube 10 and a separate helical blade H, provided with a coupling element12 at one end portion for cooperation with the coupling element 20. Thetube 10 is provided with an inlet port 13 and an outlet port Mfunctioning like the ports 4'! and 48. The operation of this form ofagitator is like the agitator 22 and the parts may be readily separatedfor cleansing. The tendency of the helical blade (which has a bore 15 ofa diameter substantially equal to the external diameter of the tube 10),when rotated thru the coupling element 12, is to grip the tube firmlyand cause it to rotate with the blade, especially when the bladeencounters, during its rotation, the mix within the container. Thecoupling elements 23 and 12 may be provided with a plurality of splines16 shown in Fig. 7, for engagement with the polygonal coupling element20. The fit of these coupling elements is suificiently loose to enablethe agitator blade to engage upon the lowermost lands 5'! as shown inFigs. 3 and 10, thus avoiding the necessity for close tolerance betweenthe blade and interior of the body IS.

The control 25 is shown by way of example, as suitable means to not onlyrender the making of r the frozen dessert automatic, in that anattendant is not required to start and stop the motor, but also toproduce uniform products from the same mix made at differenttimessomething which is difficult if an attendant must precool or reducethe temperature without agitation and manually start the motor forextracting the latent heat at approximately 32 degrees F. It has beenfound that if a mix, particularly high in cream content, is agitatedwhile at room temperature, and in fact until it has been precooled to atemperature approaching freezing, butter is formed, and it ispractically impossible for an individual to determine the optimum momentto start agitation. In my copending application Serial No. 603,965,manual starting of the motor is contemplated, but according to thepresent invention automatic starting, when the mix has attained anoptimum temperature, is preferred. It has also been found that even withmixes containing ingredients less expensive than cream, a better qualityof product is obtained if the mix is inert during the precoo ling periodor until just prior to its reaching a freezing temperature. This alsoreduces the time of freezing and agitation.

The control 25 includes, in the example shown, an electric switch '38 ofthe character shown in my copending application Serial No. 603,965,generally known as a Micro switch, shown more in detail in United Statespatent to McGall, No. b

1,960,020 granted May 22, 1934. Such switch includes a plunger I9 which,when depressed, closes the electric circuit of the motor I1, the switchas shown in Figs. 9 and 11 being open" and in Fig. closed. The controlalso includes an arm 80 mounted on the switch body M for engagement withplunger 19, a thermostatic means 82 acting upon the arm 80 to render theswitch I8 closed during a certain temperature range adjacent thethermostatic means 82, and F a manually operable mechanism 83 for actionupon the arm 80 when it is desired to render the switch closed at a timewhen the ambient temperature of the thermostatic means 82 is not in saidrange; for example when it is desired to exy:-

press the frozen mix from the container by use of the motor andagitator.

The arm 8% may be of spring metal, secured to body 8| by a rivet 84, theinherent tendency of the arm being to move away from the plunger 79.

To some extent the thermostatic means 82 resembles that disclosed in myaforesaid copending application in that it comprises a cup like housing85 (shown in Figs. 2 and 10, but more in destance, such as alcohol or asuitable hydrocarbon (not shown in the drawing) capable of contractingduring change from high to low temperature. However, in the example hereshown there is interposed between the sack or bellows 99, and plungerhead 88, a thermostatic, bimetallic disk unit 92 in which a highexpanding metal portion 93 is preferably placed to engage the plungerhead 88, and snaps or warps to a concave-convex condition as shown inFigs. 11 and 12 when subjected to a predetermined range, such as between38 to 34 F.

The effect of cold upon the thermostatic unit 80 is to cause it tocontract, and conversely the effect of heat is to cause it to expand asin the aforesaid copending application, but in the present invention,when expanded to room temperature it does not close the switch I8 sincethe thermostatic bimetallic disk unit 92 is contracted or unwar-ped atroom temperature and the spring 89 yieldably retracts the plunger 81 tothe position Cir shown in Fig. 8. The thermostatic bimetallic disc unitis heat treated after forming so that the maximum throw is obtained atthe 38 to 34 F. region, and. when reaching the maximum turns it issufiicient to overcome the expansive action of spring 89 and cause theplunger 81, and arm to depress the switch plunger 19, as shown in Fig.11, closing the switch 18 and hence the circuit of motor II. However asthe thermostatic unit continues to contract, due to the loweringtemperature it finally permits the spring 89 to retract the plunger 8'!to a position where the pressure on the switch plunger 19 is relieved tothe extent that the switch I8 snaps to an open position as indicated inFig. 12, breaking the circuit of motor I'!. The thermostatic unit 98,thermostatic bimetallic disc unit 92, plunger 3], arm at! and plunger 19are so constructed and arranged that when the ambient temperature ofthermostatic unit 50 is within the range of approximately 31 to 28 F.,the effective length of the elastic sack or bellows of the thermostaticunit 953 will be reduced to the extent that the plunger 19 will be freeto move to a position permitting the switch to operate to an offcondition.

The manually operable mechanism 83, as shown in 11, comprises a bellcrank lever 94 pivoted as at 05, with one arm 95 normally engaging thearm 30 when switch I8 is open; a plunger er, a stem 98 of which engagesthe other arm :35? of the bell crank lever, and a head I00 of which isexposed exteriorly of the freezer; and an expansion spring IOI arrangedto normally project the head I00 and yieldably restrain the bell cranklever 90 from depressing the plunger it thru arm 80. Thus when pressureis manually brought upon the head I00, the bell crank lever is movedfrom the position shown in Fig. 11, and if the arm 88 is in engagementwith the arm 98, as indicated by dot and dash lines in Fig. 11, theswitch I3 will be manually closed.

While it is believed the operation of the apparatus will be clear fromthe foregoing description, reference may be had to Fig. 8 moreparticularly in connection with the preferred timetemperature operationthereof. As there graphically illustrated, the mix is chilled, whileinert, from room temperature, without agitation, until a predeterminedtemperature in zone I02 is reached. By doing this a large proportion ofthe sensible heat 103 of the mix is removed. If the mix is high inbutter fat, this method prevents butter from being formed. It alsoreduces the time of freezing and agitation. When the zone I02 is reachedand the agitator is started into action, as by the thermostaticbimetallic disc unit $3 closing .the switch I8, the mix is agitated andthis agitation continues until the latent heat I03. is extracted, afterwhich the cooling medium shown at temperature I04, removes more sensibleheat from the frozen dessert. The temperature drops to zone I05 at whichagitation is discontinued, as by the thermostatic unit 90 contractingsufiiciently to permit the switch I8 to operate to an ofi condition,breaking the circuit of motor I I, and the frozen dessert remains inertfor aging or curing during which the temperature I06 drops and thefrozen dessert is cooled until the temperature I04 of the refrigerant isreached.

I claim:

1. In a freezer unit, the combination of an elon,- gated containerprovided with a longitudinally extending bore; and an agitator in saidborecomprising an axially located tubular portion 9 provided with aninlet port and an outlet port at opposite end portions, a helical bladesurrounding said tubular portion; and a device to vary the size of saidoutlet port.

2. As an article of manufacture, an agitator for freezers comprising atube, provided with an inlet port in the side wall thereof adjacent toone end portion and an outlet port in the side wall thereof adjacent tothe other end portion thereof, and a helical blade surrounding andformed integral with said tube.

3. As an article of manufacture, an agitator for freezers comprising atube, provided with an inlet port in the side wall thereof adjacent toone end portion and an outlet port in the side wall thereof adjacent tothe other end portion thereof, and a helical blade surrounding andformed integral with said tube, said blade being of tapered crosssection with its wider portion at its root joining the blade with thetube.

4. As an article of manufacture, an agitator for freezers comprising atube provided with an inlet port in the side wall thereof adjacent toone end portion and an outlet port in the side wall thereof adjacent tothe other end portion thereof, and a helical blade provided with acoupling part at one end portion to facilitate rotation of the blade,said helical blade surrounding and detachably engaging the externalperiphery of the tube to rotate the latter upon rotation of the blade.

5. As an article of manufacture, an agitator for freezers comprising atube provided with an inlet port at one end portion and an outlet portat the other end portion thereof, and helical blade provided with acoupling part at one end portion to facilitate rotation of the blade,said helical blade surrounding and detachably engaging the externalperiphery of the tube to rotate the latter upon rotation of the blade,and said helical blade being of tapered cross section wider at its rootthan at its free edge.

6. In a freezer unit, the combination of an elongated container providedwith a longitudinally extending bore, a head cap at one end portionthereof provided with a rotatable coupling element and a detachable rearcap at the other end portion thereof; and a helical agitator rotatablein said bore, extending from said head cap to said rear cap andincluding a companion coupling element for said first mentioned couplingelement, said coupling element constructed and arranged to permit saidhelical agitator to engage by gravity the lowermost portion of said borewhen the container is horizontally disposed.

7. In a freezer, the combination of an elongated container provided witha longitudinally extending bore and a removable cap at one end portionthereof, an agitator in said bore including a helical blade constructedand arranged to circulate the mix longitudinally of the container whensaid cap is in place, and force the mix out of said container when saidcap is removed, and a disklike auxiliary feed device provided with aperipheral portion of a size to engage said bore, and a slot to receivesaid helical blade, said auxiliary feed device constructed and arrangedto scrape the frozen mix from the helical blade upon relative movement,one with respect to the other.

8. In a freezer, the combination of an elongated container provided witha longitudinally extending bore and a removable cap at one end portionthereof, an agitator in said bore including a helical blade constructedand arranged to circulate the mix longitudinally of the container whensaid cap is in place, and force the mix out of said container when saidcap is removed, a disk-like auxiliary feed device provided with aperipheral portion of a size to engage said bore, and a slot to receivesaid helical blade, said auxiliary feed device constructed and arrangedto scrape the frozen mix from the helical blade upon relative movement,one with respect to the other, and means for retaining said disk-likeauxiliary feed device against rotation in said container.

LESTER N. YOHE.

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